Gerald Rhaburn
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Gerald "Lord" Rhaburn is a Belize
an calypso
, soca
, reggae
and brukdown
musician. He became famous when performing with the Lord Rhaburn Combo in the 1970s and 1980s.
Rhaburn has toured frequently abroad promoting Belizean music.
In 2004 he hosted the first Lord Rhaburn Music Awards, an annual Belizean music awards show.
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
an calypso
Calypso music
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...
, soca
Soca music
Soca is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago. Soca is a musical development of traditional Trinidadian calypso, through loans from the 1960s onwards from predominantly black popular music....
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and brukdown
Brukdown
Brukdown is a genre of Belizean music. Its best-known performer and innovator, Wilfred Peters is regarded as a Belizean national icon. The word brukdown may come from broken down calypso, referring to the similarities between brukdown and Trinidadian calypso music; the presence of large numbers...
musician. He became famous when performing with the Lord Rhaburn Combo in the 1970s and 1980s.
Rhaburn has toured frequently abroad promoting Belizean music.
In 2004 he hosted the first Lord Rhaburn Music Awards, an annual Belizean music awards show.